SCHOOL PROJECTS
DISH RACK
A New and Innovative Dish Rack Concept
This is my user-centered design project for my product development course. In a team of seven, I am the acting product manager; my team and I are working on creating a new dish rack that addresses common complaints about current dish racks. We are following the design process to develop the most effective product. We began by identifying a need and defining our target market. We have been conducting market research, user interviews, and user experience research. After identifying the top user needs and creating a product spec, we will move forward brainstorming, prototyping, and testing new concepts and designs.
INCHBOT
A Pole-Climbing Robot
This is my final project for my capstone design class at UC Berkeley. In a team of six, I am the acting project manager. We are creating a robot that climbs up vertical poles as quickly as possible. This can be used for various applications such as scaling telephone poles to provide tools or parts to electricians or for underwater oil rig inspections. The project involves sketching, modeling, manufacturing, and testing the robot as well as identifying the collect electrical hardware and writing and implementing code. We will be presenting this project at a demonstration open to the public at the end of the semester.
CHESTER CO.
Business Development Simulation
In a team of four, I competed with the rest of my competitive strategy class to grow the most successful business. This was an 8-year simulation where each year we were to adjust product positioning through R&D, manufacturing and production, marketing, and finances. We also created and presented two stockholder presentations and built a portfolio of investments in other teams based on the presentations.
QUIJIT
Ergonomic Controller Design
This user-centered design project was my final project for my Designing for the Human Body course. I worked with a team of 4 other students and SoLaTiDo, a startup focusing on the human factors that influence the potential of mobile devices and allowing them to be useful and productive as personal computers. We learned about the design process and developed a physical prototype of the controller by the end of the semester.
PROSTHETIC HAND
3D Printed Prosthetic Hand Redesign
This is the initial project for my Designing for the Human Body course. We were to 3D print a prosthetic hand and conduct user testing to design a better one. I worked on a team of three other students to print, test, and redesign a prosthetic hand. We learned a lot about testing and completed a redesign based on the data we collected.
INVISIPOLE
Stand for Ricoh 360 Camera
My team and I consulted with VR at Berkeley, on campus, to design a stand for the Ricoh 360 camera that could not be seen in the images or videos captured. Through iterations of designing, 3D printing, and testing, we were able to produce a stand that was invisible to the camera.
VEHICLE
Bluetooth Controlled Vehicle to Traverse an Obstacle Course
This was the final project for my Prototyping and Fabrication course. I worked with one other engineering student to design and iterate a Bluetooth controlled vehicle without any wheels that could traverse an obstacle course that was unknown until the day we presented it at the Jacobs Design Showcase.
DRAWING MACHINE
Innovative Servo-Powered Horizontal Drawing Machine
This was the midterm project for my Prototyping and Fabrication course. I worked with one other engineering student to design and iterate a servo-powered drawing machine. We took the innovative approach, making our machine horizontal and able to draw using various utensils like markers, pens, colored pencils, and more.
BRIDGE
3D Printed Bridge to Test Strength and Stiffness
This is the final project for my Introduction to Manufacturing and Tolerancing course. I worked with four other Mechanical Engineering students to design and 3D print a bridge. The purpose of this project was to learn about additive manufacturing and tolerances using a hands-on approach and design a bridge with the highest load to weight ratio.
Using knowledge of trusses we designed two different bridges using SolidWorks with optimal load to weight ratios.
WIND TURBINE
Model Wind Turbine to Test Strength and Feasibility of Design
This project was the final project for my three-dimensional modeling course. I worked on a team of five other engineering students. The purpose of this project was to design a wind turbine using SolidWorks, 3D printed, and optimized for power generation and a high stiffness to weight ratio.
Using previous knowledge of air foils, my team and I were able to develop our most optimal wind turbine.
RC SERVO REDESIGN
Redesign an RC Servo to Convert it to a Dual Drive Servo
This design project was the final project for my Visualization for Design course. I worked on a team of three other mechanical engineering students. The purpose of this project was to modify the design of the existing mini-RC servos making them dual-drive servos with minimal addition material and size. We created a set of engineering drawings for the assembly and each component.
EARREPLACEABLE
Headband to Teach Children About Sound
This was my team's project at the 2016 Berkeley Design Challenge: Audio & Education. I worked with four other students to brainstorm and design a product that children and adolescents can use to lear about sound and how we hear. We designed a headband that users can wear and attach ear molds of various animals to the corresponding location at which the ears are located on that animal, which would enable them to hear how these animals would hear. This teaches them how ear shape and location affect sound.
CALCHART
Algorithm to Design Formations for Cal Marching Band Performances
This project was the final project to my Introduction to Matlab course. I worked on a team with two other engineering students to create an algorithm to be used by the Cal Marching Band. The program takes in the number of marchers and desired formation to optimize the transitions in order for each person to get to the next formation and avoid collisions.